[OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata

[Tim Bowden]

Ok, looks like the issue is being well addressed.  I was a bit concerned
it was slipping under the radar.  Once we get some formal pointers we
can direct people to it will be handy.

Thanks,
Tim Bowden

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 10:34 -0400, Chris Holmes wrote:
> >>  Do we need something like OSI approved licenses for geodata? 
> > There are at least 2 parallel efforts to establish an equivalent
> > definition at the same level as "OSI compliance" for open data:
> > http://www.opendefinition.org/ 
> > http://www.freedomdefined.org/ 
> 
> Creative Commons also has a FAQ about applying their licenses to data:
> 
> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/databases.html
> 
> My meeting with them got rescheduled to this Friday.  They're planning 
> on updating the faq soon, so I'm going to ask them lots of geodata 
> questions and hopefully they'll incorporate some of that in to the new 
> faq.  I have a few questions to ask, but if anyone has specific 
> questions or use cases, feel free to forward to me.
> 
> Chris
> 
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